Acts 3:17

And now, brethren, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your rulers.

Revised King James New Testament

In The King James Version

And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.

In Context

16And his name, through faith in his name, has made this man strong, whom you see and know: and the faith which is through Jesus has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all.

18But those things which God foretold by the mouths of all his prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he has fulfilled.

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Cross References

Luke 23:34Then Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they do. And they divided his clothing by casting lots.

John 7:52They answered and said to him, Are you also from Galilee? Search, and see: no prophet arises out of Galilee.

Acts 7:40Saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.

Matthew Henry on Acts 3:13-26

Peter's Address after Healing the Cripple. 12 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk? 13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. 14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to… Read the whole commentary →

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